Introduces algorithm for Weinstein handlebodies of certain divisors.
problem Constructing Weinstein handlebodies for complements of smoothed toric divisors.
method Explicit coordinates and simple example for algorithm.
result Produces Weinstein Kirby diagrams for complements of smoothed toric divisors.
Study Weinstein structures on toric divisors' complements.
problem Understanding Weinstein structures on toric divisors' complements.
method Define a partially-centered condition on Delzant polytopes, develop an algorithm for Weinstein handlebody diagrams.
result Explicit Weinstein structures for complements of smoothed toric divisors.
We prove generic fibre of Painlevé moduli spaces are Weinstein handlebodies.
problem Understanding the generic fibre of Painlevé moduli spaces.
method Attach Weinstein handles to Stokes Legendrian.
result Generic fibre of Painlevé moduli spaces are Weinstein handlebodies.
This paper constructs a Weinstein trisection for a surface bundle.
problem Constructing a trisection for a surface bundle.
method Weinstein trisection approach applied to ΣgimesΣh. result Explicit construction of a Weinstein trisection for S2imesS2. In this article we study Weinstein structures endowed with a Lefschetz fibration in terms of the Legendrian front projection. First we provide a systematic recipe for translating from a Weinstein Lefschetz bifibration to a Legendrian handlebody. Then we present several applications of this technique to symplectic topol…
New Legendrian knots found with equivalent Stein traces.
problem Characterizing slopes and Legendrian isotopy types.
method Contact annulus twist, Weinstein handlebody equivalences, dualizable patterns.
result First example of Legendrian knots with equivalent Stein traces.
In 1998, Gompf described a Stein domain structure on the disk cotangent bundle of any closed surface S, by a Legendrian handlebody diagram. We prove that Gompf's Stein domain is symplectomorphic to the disk cotangent bundle equipped with its canonical symplectic structure and the boundary of this domain is contactomorp…
The study shows knots from 3-braids cannot be concordant to a specific Legendrian unknot.
problem The concordance of knots from 3-braids to a specific Legendrian unknot.
method Using symplectic handlebody diagrams and Legendrian contact homology, the study derives a contradiction to show the non-concordance.
result The study proves that knots from 3-braids cannot be concordant to a specific Legendrian unknot.
We construct four-dimensional symplectic cobordisms between contact three-manifolds generalizing an example of Eliashberg. One key feature is that any handlebody decomposition of one of these cobordisms must involve three-handles. The other key feature is that these cobordisms contain chains of symplectically embedded …
Generalizes symplectic reduction to cosymplectic groupoid actions.
problem Symplectic reduction for cosymplectic groupoid actions.
method Introduced cosymplectic groupoid actions and proved a theorem.
result Proved a theorem analogous to Mikami-Weinstein theorem.
Stabilized convex symplectic manifolds are equivalent to flexible Weinstein manifolds.
problem Understanding the equivalence between stabilized convex symplectic manifolds and flexible Weinstein manifolds.
method Analyzing the homotopy type and symplectic properties of the manifolds.
result Stabilized convex symplectic manifolds are symplectomorphic to flexible Weinstein manifolds.
Extends symplectic reduction and theorem to Lie algebroids.
problem Symplectic reduction and theorem for Lie algebroids.
method Extends Marsden-Weinstein reduction and Darboux-Moser-Weinstein theorems.
result Obtained coisotropic embedding theorem for symplectic Lie algebroids.
New method to encode Weinstein 4-manifolds using multisections with divides.
problem Encoding and manipulating Weinstein 4-manifolds.
method Using multisection diagrams with divides and algorithms based on Kirby-Weinstein handle decompositions and PALFs.
result Definition and symplectic implementation of monodromy on multisections with divides.
We prove symplectic hypersurfaces in Weinstein domains and give obstructions for manifold boundaries.
problem Obstructions for 3-manifolds to bound Weinstein domains in certain symplectic 4-manifolds.
method Symplectic embedding and deformation techniques.
result Obstructions for 3-manifolds to bound Weinstein domains in rational surfaces.
The paper proves unique factorization of knotted handlebodies and examines handlebody-knot symmetry.
problem Uniqueness of factorization of knotted handlebodies along decomposing 2-spheres.
method Analyzes factorization of knotted handlebodies in the 3-sphere, proving uniqueness for specific cases.
result Determines chirality of 6_{10} handlebody-knot and constructs an infinite family of hyperbolic handlebody-knots.
Develops Marsden-Meyer-Weinstein reduction for k-contact field theories.
problem None explicitly stated, but related to field theories and contact geometry.
method Marsden-Meyer-Weinstein reduction techniques applied to k-contact field theories. result Clarifies and corrects previous contact reduction literature.
New invariant defined for Weinstein domains, related to Kirby-Thompson's invariant.
problem Defining a symplectic invariant for Weinstein domains.
method Contact cut graph, Lefschetz fibrations, multisections with divides.
result Definition of Weinstein L-invariant and its relation to Kirby-Thompson's invariant. Complete classification of handlebody links up to six crossings.
problem Classifying handlebody links with specific properties.
method Complete enumeration and ambient isotopy consideration.
result Complete classification of handlebody links with six crossings or less.
Paper defines numerical criteria to test handlebody link irreducibility.
problem Determining the irreducibility of handlebody links.
method A set of numerical criteria to test handlebody links for irreducibility.
result Effective method to recognize irreducibility of handlebody knots and most handlebody links.
High-dimensional handlebodies are shown to be products of simpler shapes.
problem Understanding the structure of high-dimensional handlebodies.
method Introducing Kirby diagrams to simplify the structure of k-handlebodies. result High-dimensional handlebodies are products of simpler shapes.
A handlebody-link is a disjoint union of embeddings of handlebodies in S3 and an HL-homotopy is an equivalence relation on handlebody-links generated by self-crossing changes. The second author and Ryo Nikkuni classified the set of HL-homotopy classes of 2-component handlebody-links completely using the linking numb…
The JSJ decomposition helps classify genus two handlebody-knots.
problem Classifying genus two handlebody-knots.
method JSJ decomposition and annulus classification applied to handlebody-knot exteriors.
result Genus two handlebody-knots classified using annulus diagrams.
We give examples of knots in a genus 2 handlebody which have nontrivial Dehn surgeries yielding handlebodies and show that these knots are not 1--bridge.
Finite presentation for a specific group in 3D handlebody topology.
problem Finding a finite presentation for a specific group in 3D handlebody topology.
method Constructed a finite presentation for the liftable Hilden group to derive the presentation for the balanced superelliptic handlebody group.
result A finite presentation was given for the balanced superelliptic handlebody group.
Study on finiteness properties of handlebody mapping class groups.
problem Understanding finiteness properties of asymptotically rigid handlebody groups.
method Introduced asymptotically rigid mapping class groups and determined their finiteness properties based on the space of ends of handlebodies.
result Homology of these groups coincides with stable homology of handlebody groups in some cases.
Bridge positions of handlebody-knots are equivalent when stable.
problem Equivalence of bridge positions in handlebody-knots.
method Demonstrated stability of bridge positions.
result Bridge positions of handlebody-knots are stably equivalent.
We introduce several algebraic structures related to handlebody-knots, including G-families of biquandles, partially multiplicative biquandles and group decomposable biquandles. These structures can be used to color the semiarcs in Y-oriented spatial trivalent graph diagrams representing S1-oriented handlebody-k…
A complex of incompressible surfaces in a handlebody is constructed so that it contains, as a subcomplex, the complex of curves of the boundary of the handlebody. For genus 2 handlebodies, the group of automorphisms of this complex is used to characterize the mapping class group of the handlebody. In particular, it is …
The paper extends Marsden-Weinstein reduction to mechanical presymplectic structures for time-dependent Hamiltonian systems.
problem Limitations of Marsden-Weinstein reduction for cosymplectic structures in time-dependent Hamiltonian systems.
method Developed Marsden-Weinstein reduction for mechanical presymplectic structures.
result Mechanical presymplectic structures provide a more suitable framework for time-dependent Hamiltonian systems than cosymplectic structures.
We generalize unoriented handlebody-links to the twisted virtual case, obtaining Reidemeister moves for handlebody-links in ambient spaces of the form Σ×[0,1] for Σ a compact closed 2-manifold up to stable equivalence. We introduce a related algebraic structure known as twisted virtual bikeigebras whose axiom…
Paper introduces an invariant to distinguish handlebody-knot exteriors.
problem Challenges in distinguishing handlebody-knots with homeomorphic exteriors.
method Defined an invariant (annulus diagram) using characteristic submanifold theory and Koda-Ozawa classification for essential annuli.
result The annulus diagram can differentiate handlebody-knot families.
Homological stability proved for handlebody mapping class groups.
problem Homological stability for handlebody mapping class groups.
method Categorical framework developed by Randal-Williams and Wahl, allowing for any number of marked discs and boundary points.
result Homology of handlebody groups stabilizes with respect to genus and number of marked discs for all finite degree coefficient systems.
Defines annulus complex of handlebodies and proves its connectivity.
problem None explicitly stated; focus on definition and proof.
method Combinatorial methods to prove connectivity.
result Connectivity of annulus complex of handlebodies proven.
Extending work of Chen, we prove the Weinstein conjecture in dimension three for strongly fillable contact structures with either non-vanishing first Chern class or with strong and exact filling having non-trivial canonical bundle. This implies the Weinstein conjecture for certain Stein fillable contact structures obta…
The existence of a "Plastikstufe" for a contact structure implies the Weinstein conjecture for all supporting contact forms.
Lie algebroids can not always be integrated into Lie groupoids. We introduce a new object--``Weinstein groupoid'', which is a differentiable stack with groupoid-like axioms. With it, we have solved the integration problem of Lie algebroids. It turns out that every Weinstein groupoid has a Lie algebroid and every Lie al…
Study non-Weinstein Liouville geometry via hyperbolic dynamics, proving rigidity results.
problem Characterize non-Weinstein Liouville geometry with persistent transverse skeleton.
method Anosov 3-flows, Liouville Interpolation Systems, non-singular partially hyperbolic flows, hyperbolic dynamics.
result Mitsumatsu's examples characterize 4D non-Weinstein Liouville geometry with 3D persistent transverse skeleton.
Enumerated all genus two handlebody-knots with seven crossings.
problem Counting genus two handlebody-knots with specific crossings.
method Extending an existing table of genus two handlebody-knots.
result Enumerated all genus two handlebody-knots with seven crossings.
Constructs Lagrangian skeleta for curve singularities.
problem Understanding Lagrangian skeleta of curve singularities.
method Constructs closed arboreal Lagrangian skeleta associated to links of isolated plane curve singularities.
result Provides computations of Legendrian and Weinstein invariants.
We give an explicit formula for the signature of handlebody bundles over the circle in terms of the homological monodromy. This gives a cobounding function of Meyer's signature cocycle on the mapping class group of a 3-dimensional handlebody, i.e., the handlebody group. As an application, we give a topological interp…
Proves certain subgroups of genus 2 handlebody group are convex cocompact.
problem Characterizing subgroups of genus 2 handlebody group.
method Proving convex cocompactness of purely pseudo-Anosov subgroups.
result Finitely generated, purely pseudo-Anosov subgroups are convex cocompact.
We introduce and discuss notions of regularity and flexibility for Lagrangian manifolds with Legendrian boundary in Weinstein domains. There is a surprising abundance of flexible Lagrangians. In turn, this leads to new constructions of Legendrians submanifolds and Weinstein manifolds. For instance, many closed n-mani…
A handlebody-knot is a handlebody embedded in the 3-sphere. We establish a uniform method to construct invariants for handlebody-links. We introduce the category T of handlebody-tangles and present it by generators and relations. The result tells us that every functor on T that gives rise to inv…
This is a very biased and incomplete survey of some basic notions, old and new results, as well as open problems concerning Weinstein symplectic manifolds.
We introduce the notion of a G-family of quandles which is an algebraic system whose axioms are motivated by handlebody-knot theory, and use it to construct invariants for handlebody-knots. Our invariant can detect the chiralities of some handlebody-knots including unknown ones.
In this paper, we introduce the notions of an iterated planar Lefschetz fibration and an iterated planar open book decomposition and prove the Weinstein conjecture for contact manifolds supporting an open book that has iterated planar pages. For n≥1, we show that a (2n+1)-dimensional contact manifold M suppor…
3-manifolds with hyperbolic handlebody complements are studied.
problem Understanding the geometry of 3-manifolds with hyperbolic handlebody complements.
method Capping off spherical and torus boundaries, constructing handlebodies, and applying octahedral decomposition.
result Bounds on volume for some handlebody complements are derived.
Proves finiteness for 3-manifolds from handlebodies with 2-handles.
problem Finiteness of skein modules for 3-manifolds.
method Using handlebodies and 2-handles, formulate and prove the conjecture.
result Proved finiteness for 3-manifolds with handlebodies of genus 2 and 3.